AIM Sent to Back at Laguna Seca
Damaged Bodywork Makes Car Too Wide

2007.05.19: AIM Autosport qualified seventh for Sunday's Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif., but the strong qualifying effort was lost when a minor technical violation put the No. 61 Lexus-powered Riley Mk XI back to 17th on the 19-car grid. Burt Frisselle of Lynchburg, Va., qualified seventh in the gold-backed car he shares with Mark Wilkins of Toronto, but his lap of one minute 21.605 seconds on the 2.238-mile road course was disallowed when the car's front bodywork was found to be too wide. The bodywork was damaged in an off-track excursion on Friday, putting it just out of compliance. The car was one of four sent to the back of the grid.

"I'm so happy with the car today. We had a great race car," Frisselle enthused. "Unfortunately for me, I had a ton of traffic and I was only able to get one lap that was remotely clear – and I still got blocked. We were going to start seventh, that was a great result and a good place for us to start because our car is really coming together."

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